Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-07-01

DlTub III uulIOTm TOWs, ucuus
toward the sides of the box, and
breast up. A very little clean
wheat straw may separate the
layers, but some packers nse
nothing. Fill the boxes SO full
that it will require a little pressure
to force the cover down. Address
to a trusty agent or commission
dealer.
Every farmer should have a
cover for his harvester and other
farm machines Do not wait too
long in securing, also, your covers
for hay stacks. Much may be
saved by having these covers at
hand when wanted. In some
parts of the country ebay caps"
are coming into more extensive
use than ever. They pay well in
the long run.
Lawns may be fertilized without
coating them with rank stable
manure SO as to make them look
like a barn-yard. Pulverized
poultry manure sown upon the
grass will sufficiently enrich it and
at the same time will not disfgure
it, as it will settle in among the
grass roots out of sight. Occa-
sionally dressing ofslperphos-
plate is very beneficial to a lawn.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: 1.-THE practice of
milling potatoes during cultiva-
ton and growth is almost univer-
sal, and in most instances is
positively detrimental TO product
iveness, yet it is nearly impossible
to convince farmers of this fact.
Many years ago we gave the matter
a thorough trial giving the field
in charge of two careful hired men.
Alternate strips of two or three
rows each were piled and left fiat.
The men were very confident
in their assurance that our pre-
vious opinions were mistaken, as
we should see when the crop was
harvested. When digging we di-
rected the to measure and record
on shingle the product of each
strip, and to report the result.
But they did not report for some
days, until asked for the single.
They did not like to confess their
great mistake, and had hoped the
matter would be forgotten. The
fact was that the flat culture gave
from fifteen to twenty per cent,
more than the hills, but when the
killing was moderate the differ
ence was less"
Before the close of June the
mower will have to be started on
early fields. The practice of per.
hitting the grass to ripen its seed
before cutting it being very gen.
orally abandoned, and it is now
the general practic to cut the
grass as soon as in full bloom; it
is found that the hay is much
better for mich COWS, and it is
also found that the grass-roots
will keep more healthy and vigor,
Gus, and more readily send up g
good crop, SO what is lost in the
first crop is more than made up in
the second.
Annual weeds may be most
easily killed when they first show
themselves above ground in start
ing from the seed. At this time
of its life it has little vitality of its
own as an Independent plant.
Its life has been derived from the
seed, it clings for nourishment
and support until it is well estab-
lished. Many of the worst weeds
are in this stage very small, and
if in the moist spring time,
lploughed land has lain quiet Tor
a..few days, the surface may on close
inspection be seen to be covered
with minute plants, frequently
exhibiting some bright color, red
or brown or green. At this time
a light narrowing, or any thor
ough disturbance of the surface
on warm, bright day, will
destroy myriads in an hour. A
week later the piece might need
plougEing again to kill them, and
then ten times as many might
escape.
The finest silks of asparagus
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